Spelling

[|Sounds and Words (TKI)] It is still in the draft stage but provides support for teachers of Years 1-8 in phonological awareness and spelling. The information is arranged in year groups: Year 1, Years 2-4, Years 5-8 with each part addressing the: What should my students know and be able to do?** (phonemic awareness, phonological awareness and phonics, related knowledge and understandings, strategeis)
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 * What do I need to know?
 * How do I find out what my students can do?**

[|Spelling Under Scutiny - Joy Allcock]

[|Interactive Spelling] This Ministry of Education website (NZ) provides some interactive ways of helping children master the spellings of high frequency words used in writing. These words come from Spell-Write by Cedric Croft and Lia Mapa from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

[|How to teach spelling] An interesting site that includes information on: The Do's and don'ts of spelling lists Word families, rhyming words, sight words Information on ALL sounds - short vowel, long vowel, r controlled vowel (e.g ur - her, bird, hurt), consonants, blends, digraphs (e.g ch, sh, ng, nk), dipthongs (e.g oi, ow, aw)

[|Spelling in the curriculum] This is an article written by Ray Griffiths, Literacy Adivsor from the Dunedin College of Education with regards to spelling in NZ.